Side note: This is Saturday, which means three of the best shows on TV are on tonight on Fox. 'Watters World' at 8 (EST), 'Justice With Judge Jeanine' at 9, and, especially, 'The Greg Gutfeld Show' at 10. If you don't have a TV (like me), all three will have been posted to YouTube by tomorrow. If you haven't seen a Judge Jeanine opening monologue, buckle your seat belt.
Following is a review of four movies.
IMHO:
— John Wick - The best shoot-em-up action flick I've seen in years.
— Inception - The most intriguing movie I've seen in years.
— Interstellar - The best space adventure I've seen in years.
— A Dog's Purpose - The most wonderful movie I've seen in years.
I'll put the whole mess below the fold.
John Wick
This is starring Keanu Reeves, and my, does he kick ass. I mean, he was tough as nails in Street Kings, but this takes it to a whole new level. Willem Dafoe plays an important bit part.
The following clip is a little long, but I wanted the older Russian guy to set the scene, then it's on with the first gun fight. One thing that's interesting about Wick's fighting style is that almost every bad guy gets a head shot. After all, we don't want them struggling awake and firing off a round, do we?
Safety first.
As a small side note, in my art gallery I have a section of movie clips called Great One-Liners. What the Russian says after his phone call with Wick should probably go on that list.
You're encouraged to click on the little icon on the bottom of the player to watch it in full-screen mode. Hit the ESC key to get back to Windows mode.
Let the battle commence (strong language warning):
And there's a sequel,
John Wick: Chapter 2. In truth, I didn't think it was quite as good as the original, in that the first one developed the characters more, whereas the sequel is basically one big gun fight. If the original gets an 'A', I'd give the sequel a 'B'
Here's a clip from the beginning of the sequel with another Russian, the brother of the guy in the above clip (who Wick snuffs at the end) again setting the stage, then a car chase scene where Wick incurs some minor damage to his favorite car, then back to the Russkie.
Inception
Say what you will about Leonardo DiCaprio's politics, but the guy's a marvelous actor. He was terrific in Django Unchained, and certainly deserved the Best Actor award he received for The Revenant. This movie might be one of his greatest roles. Playing a nice backup spot is the great British actor Michael Caine.
As I said above, I consider Inception to be quite intriguing, and on a number of levels. The clip below is a tad long, but it sets the stage as to what the movie's about, plus it shows off some of the incredible special effects.
In dreams, anything is possible.
The movie's just about that intense
the whole way through.
Interstellar
When this came out a few years ago, I read some review that claimed it was a big global warming movie, set in the future after global warming had destroyed half the planet. So, I passed on it. Then I saw it on some 'Popular Movies' list a while back, so I gave it a shot.
It has nothing to do with global warming.
That is, of the 10,001 evils that global warming is supposed to bring in its wake, I don't believe 'blight' and 'gigantic dust storms' are on the list. Nor did the movie ever allude to what caused the aforementioned blight and gigantic dust storms. So much for biased politics invading the world of movie reviews, eh?
Playing a terrific lead role is an actor named Matthew McConaughey. Others stars include Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Anne Hathaway and — again — the wonderful Michael Caine.
As for the premise, the aforementioned evils are wiping out the food crops, and since blight expels nitrogen, the nitrogen in the atmosphere is increasing, thereby decreasing the oxygen, and humans are eventually going to either starve to death or suffocate — whichever comes first.
A wormhole to another galaxy has opened up around Saturn, so first NASA sent in probes, then eventually twelve solo adventurers, three of whom have found habitable planets.
Now it's time to take the next step; find the three worlds and decide which, if any, will be able to sustain mankind.
Before time runs out.
A Dog's PurposeBesides
wonderful, I guess I could also call this the most
refreshing movie I've seen in years. The premise is just marvelous. Dennis Quaid plays the lead in the final segment, and the entire cast is superb.
While I could take a clip out of the film, the official trailer for it is just perfect, so that's what we'll use.
Yes, it's that good.
I'm always open to movie suggestions, so if you have a fave that you'd like to share with the group, lay it out in the comments. An IMDb link might be helpful. No promises on this end that I'll post a review of it, but one never knows, do one?
